Transportation chief seeks review of NHTSA GM probe

David Shepardson Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Washington— U.S Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday asked the department’s inspector general to review whether federal safety officials properly investigated reports of problems with now-recalled General Motors cars linked to 12 deaths and 31 crashes. In a one-page memo obtained by The Detroit News, Foxx also disclosed that he has directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the department’s Office of General Counsel “to jointly and collaboratively conduct an internal, due diligence review” of the agency’s handling of reports of deaths and complaints. The memo to Transportation Department Inspector...